2 Kings 1:8

hairy. clad in. garment consisting of. skin. Prophets wore coarse clothing (Zechariah 13:4.Matthew 3:4; Matthew 3:4).

girdle of leather. Worn by Palestine peasants to-day.

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⁸ And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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2 Kings 1:8